Author: Mrs Morrison

Good morning all, hope everyone is safe and well. On the previous post I have uploaded a copy of the number formation rhyme cards that we use at group time to help us form our numbers correctly. Give them a go!!

During our time together we love to read stories. Some of our favourite books include: ‘The Gruffalo’ ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ ‘Room on the Broom’ and ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ Ask your child to re-tell the stories and if you google the story titles, some are shown on the internet. I know you can access The Gruffalo via BBC I-player.

Hope you all have a lovely day, stay safe everyone xx

Hope you are well this morning and ready to start a new day!! A little note for your grown ups- there is a Deans Den booklet within their class work folder. Today the children could look at number formation and using pencil control to write the numbers correctly. Also, ask your child to sing you the days of the week song and the whole body listening song. Have a great day everyone and stay safe.

I would like to say ‘hello’ to our Deans Den group and hope you’re all well. I will keep in touch with you through the blog, but just a little reminder that if you haven’t already done so, then school work packs can be collected from the front of the school until 3pm today. Thank you and stay safe xx

It has been another successful and busy week in Deans Den. We continue to support and encourage each other to follow our group charter and our focus this week has been to work on our listening skills!

As part of World Book Day, all of the children dressed in their pyjamas and brought a book from home to enjoy with others. We also designed our own bookmarks and learned when to use them. The children are becoming more confident to talk about  stories, authors and making predictions about what will happen next. Well done boys and girls, keep up the good work!!

It has been a short but busy week in Deans Den. The children continue to develop their reading skills by using known strategies such as looking at the picture clues. Most children are becoming more confident to share their suggestions with others, well done !!

Snack time and preparation is a key part of group time as it enables children to become more independent and develop their social skills, whilst sitting at the dining table. This week we have discussed changing our snack options and here are some of the suggestions:

” cheese sandwiches with sauce” Andrew

” bagels, oranges and carrots” Charli- Mae

” cherries and carrots” Maddison

” Crackers and cheese” Max

Updated snack menus will be sent home on Monday.

We were lucky enough to be invited to the P5/6 class to watch them perform their musical talents which they had been developing during a music workshop. We were so impressed that the children could keep in time with the music and perform a variety of songs. Some of the Deans Den children joined in the singing and dancing and Mrs Morrison was so proud of them all, well done boys and girls!!

There was great excitement this week in Deans Den as when we arrived at school there was snow in the playground!! After some discussion about playing safely in the snow, we headed outside to explore our learning further. Working together, the children managed to build mini snowmen, make footprints in the snow and took turns pulling each other in the sledge. A great time was had by all!!